And in Cheerier Live-Action Anime News…
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?It’s weird when I post two anime-related stories on TR on the same day, but after the American Akira synopsis, I thought my fellow anime fans might take some solace in that there’s one live-action anime being made with a modicum of respect. It’s the Japanese Rurouni Kenshin movie, starring Takeru Satoh as Kenshin, who actually looks like the character of Kenshin does. I can’t be 100% sure, but I’m willing to bet the movie is still set in Meiji-era Japan, as per the anime and manga, and not, say, 1970s Des Moines or anything. It won’t make the American Akira go away or anything, but hopefully it’s a little bit of comfort. (Via ANN)
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Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.